Friday, October 30, 2009

Instead of ribbon, add interest to your cards by using Ric Rac. Keep the size of Ric Rac relative to the other parts of the card. This particular Ric Rac is velour. On another note, I coloured the leaves with gel pen since a translucent medium, such as ink, would not show its true colour on the coloured cardstock.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

This piece of patterned paper was more challenging to work than anticipated. Once the rectangle was cut to fit the card front, I realized that it seemed "top heavy". To counterbalance the weight, I stamped the sentiment at the bottom.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Because of the larger size of the pattern in this paper, I couldn't layer the face of the card as I like to. To create the illusion of layers without making the patterned paper smaller I inked the edges of the patterned paper.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Didn't have a large pumpkin punch or die, so I cut out pieces with an oval punch. Then I ran the pieces through the Birds & Vines embossing folder. For a final touch, I inked the dry embossing and edges of the ovals before adhering them together.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

In an attempt to create a tone on tone image I learned that the ink should be somewhat darker than the colour of the cardstock. Although the image was more distinct when first stamped, when it dried, the scarecrow faded somewhat. I stamped the image again, this time in a brown ink and saw an opportunity to use Gold Glimmer Mist and took it.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

I used a brass stencil to dry emboss the sign post. To give the dry embossing a little lift, I stenciled the image with ink. A rectangular Spellbinders perfectly cut out my stamped image to fit into the dry embossed space.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Once again I used the design in the patterned paper to my advantage. I framed the sentiment with die cuts made from two ovals and a scalloped oval. The black "ring" was cut by using two ovals at the same time. I used the "ring" to trace a line on the orange scalloped oval to cut out my window.

Friday, October 16, 2009

I know, I am supposed to be working on Hallowe'en cards, but I was so pleased how with the way this watercoloured image turned out that I had to make a card with it. For a change, I used part of a die cut and made the image realistic by adding a bow.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

When I saw this die I just had to make a card with it! I used Core'dinationscardstock for the Band-aid and sanded it to make it look roughed up. I took this look one step further by using my Colorbox stylus and some chalk ink to highlight the dry embossed letters. Thanks Ursula!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

I was hoping to use three panels cut from rectangular Spellbinders, but the regular die size wouldn't work. Plan B: used two Label die cuts instead. I thought that the scallop on the rectangles looked nice with the antique image.

Monday, October 12, 2009

I first covered the chipboard with a coat of grey ink. Once completely dry, I stamped the separate pieces of chipboard with a background stamp. Then I secured the two pieces of chipboard together with a glue dot. This is certainly one way to make a unique card.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Here we incorporated two different sets of Spellbinder dies to create a frame for an image. It was easier to get the image centred by stamping it first and then cutting it out with the die. The frame was made by using a square and a label die at the same time. Core'dinations cardstock was sanded to bring out the core colour of the pink paper and add to the distressed look. We also faked ribbon by dry embossing cardstock in an embossing folder.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Here I've tried to show the dramatic difference in using borders of different sizes. I added texture to this card by dry embossing the patterned paper. Note the difference in pattern size of the patterned paper and the embossed pattern.

One student brought out the embossing even more by highlighting the raised parts of the paper with ink and a Colorbox Stylus. Thanks Marilyn!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Here we took advantage of the border in the patterned paper. Then we used duplicate die cuts to frame the oval. The button on the bottom right of the card was used to draw the eye to the corner of the card and then to the inside of it.

Monday, October 5, 2009

The first of the three monogram cards shows how to make a slightly patterned paper more attractive by dry embossing it. A die cut was used to anchor the monogram. Coordinating Sizzix products allowed us to stamp an image and cut a letter to fit in it. Inking the edges of different layers in the card added dimension.

Just wanted to explain my absence. I was privileged to be a part of a great community of crafters who attended Scrapaganza at the Croatian Hall in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario this past weekend. The event was hosted by Deb & Alison of O.C. Scrapbookers. It was a pleasure to spend time with old friends and make new ones. Thanks to the wonderful registrants who made my first formal card classes a great experience for me. I look forward to putting the ideas that were shared with me to good use. Over the next few days I will be posting the cards that we made in the classes. Enjoy!